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Oft, in thy solitary hours, essay
To warm thy fancy with ideal scenes
That interest or delight: then give thy speech
Expansive wing; and, far retir'd, declaim
Amid thy patrimonial oaks, whose shade
Embowers thy path. Thy fervent transport fled,
Retrace each image that in rapid flight
Pass'd o'er thy mind. Thus judgment shall perceive
That all thy diction's figurative glow
Arose from purest nature, unalloy'd.
To warm thy fancy with ideal scenes
That interest or delight: then give thy speech
Expansive wing; and, far retir'd, declaim
Amid thy patrimonial oaks, whose shade
Embowers thy path. Thy fervent transport fled,
Retrace each image that in rapid flight
Pass'd o'er thy mind. Thus judgment shall perceive
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Arose from purest nature, unalloy'd.
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